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A Few Of My Favorite: Room Re-do’s (2010)
There’s nothing like the words “reveal” or “before & after” in the title of someones blog post to get my pulse a pumpin’! Â Know what I mean? (Of course you do!) And while room re-do’s might seem...
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A Fireplace Pick My Presto
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of “Pick My Presto”! I had fun with a photo of a lower level family room sent in by a gal named Heidi this week. Her email read… Hi Layla, Here’s my “Pick...
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The Brick Fireplace – Pick My Presto
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! This week, I picked a photo sent in by a gal named Jen. She wanted some design inspiration for her huge, off-centered brick fireplace…...
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The Brick Fireplace (#2!) – Pick My Presto
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! I read this comment on Monday’s Pick My Presto post… …and was totally intrigued! I invited Julie to send me a photo of it, to see if I...
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Porch Ideas
A couple weeks ago, I showed you a sneak peek of this guy… …and told you about our plan to make over the back porch at Kev’s parents house…which looked like this: Well, I’m happy to report that we...
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The Tables
Howdy! Hope you had a great weekend! I thought I’d blog about the tables we worked on for Kev’s parents porch makeover today. First up, there was this guy… He looked great as-is, so we didn’t do a...
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Purple Bedroom
Kev and I surprised my Mom with a quick “happy birthday” guest bedroom makeover this past weekend, so I thought I’d share some pics of what we put together for her here on the blog today! It’s always...
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Redos and Road Trips
We made a trip down to Troy, Alabama to have lunch with our friends Shaunna and Matt on Friday, and after we got done chowin’ down, we got to see how things were coming along in their dining room. This...
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Room Inspiration: Necessary Room at the Fairfield House
I’ve got an e-friend named Deborah who is, hands down, one of the sweetest people I’ve ever e-met. Her blog (FairfieldHouseNJ.com) is always a pleasure to read, and one of her latest posts was about a...
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Keith’s Living Room Makeover – Pick My Presto
Meet Keith: He plays drums on the worship team at our church, and although we just met him last year, he’s one of those guys you just feel like you’ve known forever- ya know what I mean? One of the...
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Gray Owl by Benjamin Moore
Happy April! I hope you had an awesome Easter weekend! Kevin played guitar at our church’s Pike Road location, and we had a really great lunch with his family yesterday afternoon. His mom sent us home...
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Bedroom Makeover Reveal
…and speaking of room makeovers: My across-the-alley (interior designer) neighbor, Cindy, just revealed a master bedroom to her clients and I just HAD to share some photos of the room and their TOTALLY...
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Our Next Room Makeover
Hi, and thank you for all the sweet tweets, comments, and shares on our second episode for The Design Network! If you haven’t seen it yet, and would like to check it out, just click here to watch: Wood...
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How To Decorate A Staircase Railing (If You’re Me)
“A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars.” -Author Unknown *** I decided a staircase railing without a quilt is like a sky without stars last week, too. Yep. Those babies are way too much fun...
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Hallway Door Makeover (Part 3)
I put the finishing touch on our new/old hallway door this week: The vinyl wording came from Leen the Graphics Queen, and the inspiration behind it came from Kelly Rae and her Possibilitarian Project....
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Portis Family Kitchen
He’s home! Kevin had more music business in Michigan last week, and man did I miss him. We don’t spend much time apart, so I felt sort of like I was holding my breath the whole time he was gone. He...
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Portis Family Home
Hello! I’m back with some more photos of my friend Joy’s house today! If you missed Tuesday’s post about her kitchen, you can find it by clicking HERE. And for those who asked questions about that...
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How To Create A Wall Grouping
Hello and happy Monday! I worked on a little Camp Wandawega-inspired project for Sweet P’s room last week, so I thought I’d blog about that project today. Remember the cuckoo clocks in Charlie’s...
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Kitchen Cabinet Makeover (Part One)
Our kitchen cabinet makeover project is officially under way and I am loving this Ultra by Muralo paint! We decided to take one chunk at a time, so this week we’re working on the upper cabinets. We...
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Kitchen Cabinet Makeover (How To Paint Cabinets)
Happy Friday! Now that I’m done painting the upper cabinets, I thought I’d share some tips I found helpful along the way. As far as tools go, I used these little plastic pyramids to hold my doors while...
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